Use the following questions as you research your topic to create a thorough, timely, and informative newscast. Use these questions as a guide rather than as an all-inclusive map. You should certainly include much more information than simple one-sentence responses to these questions.

QUESTIONS:

What is a recession?

Provide a time line of the recession. When did it start?

What are some of the key indicators that the U.S. was in a recession? In other words, how do you know you are in a recession?

What has the federal (national) government done in their attempt to end the recession?

What is the current status of the economic "indicators?" For example, unemployment, foreclosures, bankruptcies, household incomes, business profits, etc.

What do economic experts say about the future of the recession?